Industrial Management & Data Systems articles from April 1996

Industrial Management & Data Systems archives from April 1996

Beyond MRPII: a new approach to manufacturing planning and simulation. (manufacturing resource planning)
April 1, 1996... Describes the capabilities and applications of new, cost-effective advanced planning systems software designed to run alongside and improve the value and performance of existing manufacturing resource planning (MRPII) systems by adding...

The impact of TQM in UK SMEs. (total quality management; small and medium-sized enterprises)
April 1, 1996... Notes that while implementation of total quality management (TQM) in large organizations has been widely documented, it has received far less attention in relation to smell and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), in which most of the UK labour...

An introduction to the concepts, benefits and terminology of product data management.
April 1, 1996... Product data management (PDM) systems help to keep track of the masses of information needed to design, manufacture or build products and then to maintain them. They can be applied to a wide range of products and industries and across the whole...

Bias in the development and use of an expert system: implications for life cycle costs.
April 1, 1996... Suggests that the development and use of an expert consulting system is vulnerable to biases in the subject-matter expert, knowledge-engineer, validators, maintainers and end-users. An expert system, developed at a large insurance company, is...

Can the UK design products for a global market?
April 1, 1996... Gives brief examples of UK design excellence to demonstrate how well the UK can design products for world markets. However, the Design Council believes that in many cases UK business and industry do not make the best use of design and...

DeviceNet improves plant performance at General Motors. (General Motors Corp.)
April 1, 1996... The potential benefits of open system networking have lured many of today's leading manufacturers to research, test and install networks at multiple levels within their plant. General Motors (GM) commissioned its Manufacturing Technology Centre...

Leaders on Leadership.
April 1, 1996... Leaders on Leadership, published recently is a combination of unique, personal insights and vital leadership lessons from key figures in business, the civil service and the armed forces. All the leaders who have contributed are Companions of...